Eye Cancer

Scientists Find Similar Survival Rates For Two Treatments

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 14th, 2001

Researchers have found that the survival rates for two alternative treatments for primary eye cancer - radiation therapy and removal of the eye - are about the same.

Prior to this finding, there was a question in the medical community as to whether either treatment might result in lower mortality. Also, as a consequence of this research, the capability of doctors in the U.S. to provide more accurate diagnoses and state-of-the-art treatments for eye cancer has been greatly expanded. Mortality data are compared in the July 2001 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology.

"These findings are reassuring to patients with medium-sized eye tumors who have...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2001-08-14)

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